Calendar-fob



H. A. MCELLIGOTT.

CALENDAR FOB.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. 1920.

LSQQfiUUL Patented Sept. 13, 19211..

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Application filed February 1?, 19%. herlal No. 359.35%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY A. MCELLI- oorr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Henriepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCalendar-F obs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to calendar fobs and an object is to provide adevice which may be worn as a fob, locket or charm and which is adaptedto hold a calendar card in such manner that the latter may be inspectedby looking at the face of the device without opening it. Anotherobject'is to provide a device of this character in which the cards maybe readily changed for succeeding years.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear inconnection with the detailed description thereof and the novel featuresembodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a front elevational view. Fig. 2 is a view in verticalcentral section. Fig. 3 is a front view of a calendar card.

As shown in the drawings, T provide a foh or locket having a frontmember 10 and a back member 12 hinged together by a hinge 14: at oneend, and provided with an eye 16 at the other end which is secured toone of the members so that the device may be carried on a chain. Meansfor securing the two members together such as a snap catch is providedadjacent the eye 16. The front member is cut away to provide a largecentral opening through which the calendar card 20 may be viewed. Thiscard, as best shown in Fig. 3, is oval shape so as to fit within the foband is provided with a calendar containing the months and days of aparticular year, the year being imprinted partly at the top and partlyat the bottom. The cards may be made of any suitable thin sheet materialsuch as celluloid, and they are suiiiciently thin so that at least threecards for consecutive years may be carried within the fol, as shown inFig. Q. The front menu" her 10 addition to being provided with the largeopening for viewing the months is provided wittour holes 9A, 9.6 and @8through which the figures of the year are visible, the holes 22 and 24being at the top to expose the first two figures of the year, and theholes 26 and 28 being at the bottom to expose the last two figures ofthe year.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description. The device may be worn as a fob, locketor charm, and at the end of any year may be opened to remove thecalendar card of the year which has just expired. if desired forreference the eX- pired card could, of course, be placed back of thecurrent card, so that the device would contain calendar cards for thepast year, the current year and the following year. The wearer of thedevice is assured of having a calendar of the'current year always athand which can be inspected by simply looking at the face of the fob,while by opening the fob the calendar for the past year and thefollowing year may be inspected. The device may be constructed of anysuitable sheet material and may be made highly ornamental so as topresent an attractive appean ance. The device may be worn as a weight atthe end of a chain.

it claim:

A. calendar fob comprising in combination two oval-shaped recessedmembers adapted to fit together so as to form a shallow receptacle whenclosed, a hinge connecting said members at one end of the Patented dept.l3, ld il.

longitudinal axis of the fob, an eye member secured to one of saidoval-shaped morn bars at the end thereof opposite said hinge and bymeans of which the fob may be suspended, and an oval calendar cardadapted to fit into said receptacle, said card containing the months ofthe year, and having the first two figures of the year above the monthsand the last two figures of the year below the months, one of saidoval-shaped members being provided with a cut-out portion for viewingthe months on said card, and being also provided with two holes aboveand two holes below said cut-out portion for viewing the figures of theyear.

Tn testimony whereof ll hereunto affix my signature.

A. MoELLlIGUTT.

